Undergraduate
Bachelor's Degree Programs
Africana Studies
Major in Africana Studies
The major in Africana Studies has four objectives. First, it grounds students in the essential theory and basic information about people of African descent. Second, it provides students with transnational perspectives on the life, history and culture of people of African descent and the global societies of which they are a part. Third, it offers IUPUI undergraduates a wide range of community research, internship and service learning opportunities with local private and public organizations. Finally, recognizing the educational and experiential value of international exposure, it offers students the opportunity for those who wish to do so to study abroad. The degree is designed to empower students to recognize their own cultural traditions both nationally and internationally, use information and concepts from multiple disciplines, examine and organize ways of knowing and apply them to specific issues and problems, and promote critical thinking as well as intellectual depth and understanding.
Requirements
The major in Africana Studies requires 33 credit hours, distributed as follows:
Courses
Required Courses (12 cr.)
- AFRO A140 Introduction to African and African American Studies (3 cr.)
- AFRO A200 Research Methods in African and African American Studies (3 cr.)
- AFRO A306 Globalization, Struggle and Empowerment in African and African American Studies (3 cr.)
- AFRO A414 Seminar in African and African American Studies (3 cr.)
Additionally, students must select a 9 credit required area concentration in either Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean or North America. The area concentration must include courses from at least 2 different SLA departments and at least 3 courses at the 300 level or higher. The chosen area concentration will appear on the student's transcript.
Program Electives
- AFRO A106 Perspectives on the African Diaspora (1-3 cr.)
- AFRO A152 Introduction to African Studies (3 cr.)
- AFRO A202 The West & the African Diaspora (3 cr.)
- AFRO A255 The Black Church in America (3cr.)
- AFRO A303 Topics in African American Studies (3 cr.)
- AFRO A440 History of the Education of Black Americans (3 cr.)
- AFRO A353 African Development and the African Diaspora (3 cr.)
- AFRO A495 Independent Readings in Afro-American Studies (3 cr.)
- AFRO A499 Community Experience Internship (3 cr.)
Department Electives
- HIST H227 African Civilizations (3 cr.)
- ENG L245 Introduction to Caribbean Literature (3 cr.)
- ANTH E310 Cultures of Africa (3 cr.)
- REL R314 Religion and Racism (3 cr.)
- REL R328 Religions of the African Diaspora (3 cr.)
- POLS Y337 Latin American Politics (3 cr.)
- POLS Y338 African Politics (3 cr.)
- HIST F341 Latin America: Conquest and Empire (3 cr.)
- HIST F342 Latin America: Evolution and Revolution since Independence (3 cr.)
- GEOG G323 Geography of Latin America (3 cr.)
- GEOG G324 Geography of the Caribbean (3 cr.)
- HER H300 Black Visual Artists (3 cr.)
- HER H351 African Art I (3 cr.)
- HER H352 African Art II (3 cr.)
- FOLK F354 African American Folklore/Folk-Life/Folk Music (3 cr.)
- HIST A355 African American History I (3 cr.)
- HIST A356 African American History II (3 cr.)
- REL R363 African American Religions (3 cr.)
- ENG L370 Black American Writing (3 cr.)
- REL R370 Islam in America (3 cr.)
- REL L382 Fiction of the Non-Western World: 20th Century African Literature (3 cr.)
- ANTH E384 The African Diaspora (3 cr.)
- MUS M393 History of Jazz (3 cr.)
- MUS M394 Black Music in America (3 cr.)
- ENG L406 Topics in African American Writing (3 cr.)
- ENG L411 Literature and Society: South African Literature and Society (3 cr.)
- HIST H421 Topics: Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3 cr.)
- HIST H421 Topics: Modern Africa (3 cr.)
- SOC R461 Race and Ethnic Relations (3 cr.)